Essays about: "Occupational status"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 32 essays containing the words Occupational status.

1. 6. COVID-19, Restrictions and Anxiety: A Cross-Sectional Study of the Impact of COVID-19 and Restrictions on Generalised Anxiety in Denmark and Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

   Author : Matt Erritsø Cottrell; Sara Bach Christensen; [2021]
   Keywords : Denmark; Sweden; Mitigation strategy; Restrictions; Generalised Anxiety; Sociodemographic factors; Terror Management Theory; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : COVID-19 mitigation strategies have previously been argued to affect the mental health of people differently depending on sociodemographic factors. Denmark and Sweden have long used mandatory restrictions and guidelines, respectively, to curb the spread of COVID-19. READ MORE

3. 7. Quests for knowledge and social mobility : Vocational and on-the-job-training as navigational tactics in the urban labour market of Sierra Leone

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

   Author : Bim Kilje; [2021]
   Keywords : On-The-Job training; OTJ; apprenticeship; Technical and Vocational Education and Training; TVET; Sierra Leone; urban; labour market; tailoring; trading; practice theory; social mobility; moral education; youth; unemployment; livelihood; informal sector;

   Abstract : This ethnographic study investigates the experiences of those learning tailoring and trading in Freetown, Sierra Leone via apprenticeships, other on-the-job training or Technical and Vocational Education and Training programs (TVET). I examine these forms of occupational training by investigating the practices underway, how knowledge transmission occurs, as well as why learners engage with and what they get out of these activities. READ MORE

4. 8. Occupational status, recognizing the impact of being recognized - a qualitative assessment, exploring occupational status determinants for prime working age groups of licensed practical nurses in the Swedish home-care business

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Markus Meltzer; [2021]
   Keywords : Occupational status; Bourdieu’s field theory; recognition; symbolic violence; licensed practical nurses; seniority.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis presents and analyses the results of the prime working age (25-65), divided into two diverse groups, 25-45 and 45-65, of licensed practical nurses (LPN) perceived occupational status in the Swedish home-care business. The purpose is to understand what influences the perception of two diverse age groups of licensed practical nurses occupational status, bringing nuance to the phenomenon, thus understanding demands for future employment, shortage of labour and staff turnover in the Swedish home-care business. READ MORE

5. 9. Skogliga studenters syn på yrkesrollen virkesköpare – en jämförelse mellan kvinnor och män

   University essay from SLU/School for Forest Management

   Author : Moa Hermansson; Anna Sundström; [2021]
   Keywords : jämställdhet; yrkesstatus; könstillhörighet;

   Abstract : Skogsbranschen i Sverige har under lång tid dominerats av män. Detta på grund av att ett skogligt yrke historiskt sett har varit fysiskt krävande och därmed ansetts passa bäst för män. I dag har andelen kvinnor som är yrkesverksamma inom skog eller som läser en skoglig utbildning ökat. READ MORE

6. 10. Repeated Narration within the Occupational Domain: Changing Characters in Identity-Defining Narratives

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Psykologiska institutionen

   Author : Ida Malm; [2020-07-02]
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   Abstract : The aim was to explore how young adults changed narration of characters in identity-defining repeated narratives. Repeated narratives from identity status interviews within the occupational domain were coded at age 25, 29 and 33, N = 46. READ MORE